Past Favorites - Hare Hare Yukai (2 Videos)

Yeah, I remember the good old days when American cartoons didn't suck. Anime has taken over the States and with good reason. With few exceptions, their animators are top-notch, dedicated, and show consistent quality. Take this next video, for example. This is the ending of an episode of Suzumiya Haruhi. The song (and now the dance) is called Hare Hare Yukai:



You just don't get such choreography in American animation. The fact that this was storyboarded and not rotoscoped makes it all the more amazing. The video has become quite the hit on the YouTube stage and has led to a couple of great parodies (actually, they're more like dedications). Here we have Mega Man (Rockman) doing the Hare Hare Yukai:



Now isn't that just awesome? It just astounds me the way they were able to manipulate the Mega Man sprites to match the actions of the anime characters. It doesn't look unnatural at all. I also like the way they incorporated an 8-bit musical rendition into it. Nice touch!